History NightmareFuel / WoodyWoodpecker

* The title card of the 1947 cartoon "The Coo Coo Bird" - the headshot of Woody from the side looks creepy and almost looks like something from the UncannyValley.

** Also in “Knock Knock” when Andy Panda is about to pour salt on Woody Woodpecker’s tail feathers the first time, Wood catches him and tells Andy while growing big and Menacingly that the last person who tried to do that to him, he ripped them limb from limb. It may have been just a bluff, but since Woody is a Crazy bird, he may not have been lying at all. If that is true then that would mean that Woody severely maimed if not outright murdered another person who tried to salt his tail.

* The taxidermist cat from "Woody Dines Out" gives FauxAffablyEvil vibes reminding one of a serial killer, not helped with them being paired with creepy close-ups of his face.

* The live-action film has a number of moments where Woody is genuinely menacing, including a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheShining''.

* The surprisingly creepy beginning of [[https://youtu.be/WHzTLDP4o_Q the official trailer]] for TheMovie. For some reason, Woody's iconic laugh is slightly remixed to sound creepy, followed by an awkward close-up of Woody's uber-realistic face with jarring green eyes, while he says "remember me?"... over an unrelated shot [[SpecialEffectFailure poorly lip synced]].

* Barber of Seville, which is one of the 50 Greatest Cartoons, features Woody Woodpecker as a barber. The idea of this crazed nut with a razor is scary enough, but when he s l o w l y extends the razor as he glares into the eye of his current customer? BringMyBrownPants.

-->''Cat: "This was delicious, but you know... I'm ''still'' hungry."''

* The title card of the 1947 cartoon "The Coo Coo Bird" - the headshot of Woody from the side looks creepy.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Sure it's necessary. [[NightmareFace I'm a necessary Evil!]]'''']]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Sure it's necessary. [[NightmareFace I'm a necessary Evil!]]'']]

* At the beginning of "Ration Bored", when Woody sees a sign saying "Is this really necessary?", he say [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience "Sure it's necessary"]] and then gives a NightmareFace of a demonic, toothed version of himself with green HellishPupils saying that he's a NecessaryEvil, and then goes back to normal. And [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]] as the rest is light hearted comedy.

* The surprisingly creepy beginning of [[https://youtu.be/WHzTLDP4o_Q the official trailer]] for TheMovie. For some reason, Woody's iconic laugh is slightly remixed to sound creepy, followed by an awkward close-up of Woody's uber-realistic face with jarring green eyes, while he says "remember me?"... over an unrelated shot [[SpecialEffectFailure poorly lip synced]].

* In the cartoon "Alley to Bali" a Balinese woman tries to seduce Buzz Buzzard and Woody so she can sacrifice them to a cannibalistic evil spirit and almost gets eaten.

** The evil demon statue is pretty nightmare fuel. [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XRaF39K9hbQ/hqdefault.jpg]]

* In the cartoon "Alley to Bali" a Balinese woman tries to seduce Buzz Buzzard and Woody so she can sacrifice them to a cannibalistic evil spirit and almost gets eaten.

* Woody's first appearance in "Knock Knock" is DerangedAnimation, does not help that when he first speaks, it is in a very normal tone compared to the later wacky tone he is known for.
* Another example is the ending of "Pantry Panic": after Woody and the cat spent a good part of the short fighting over who would be dined by who, a moose happens upon Woody's door. They both rejoice at the sight ("Meat!" "Meat!") and the moose, terrified, runs away. Next shot is the moose's bones all piled up, with Woody and the cat next to them, having just finished to eat it... ''and the moose's dead head can be seen behind them''. Then the cat says "This was delicious, but you know... I'm ''still'' hungry." Woody replies with "Yeah? So am I!" in a VERY normal voice. They then produce their knives and stare psychotically at each other before the fight restarts.
* In "Ration Bored" at the beginning, when Woody sees a sign saying "Is this really necessary, he then goes [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience "Sure it's necessary"]] and then gives a NightmareFace of a demonic, toothed version of himself with green HellishPupils saying that he's a NecessaryEvil, and then goes back to normal. And [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]] as the rest is light hearted comedy.